Collar for connecting container bodies to their lids



March 29, 1932. as. BAl QON COLLAR FOR CONNECTING CONTAINER BODIES TOTHEIR LIDS Filed April 13, 1928 awe/whoa;

Fatented Mar. 29, 1932 UNITED STATES P'ATBEZ'NI'TTIOFFW CHARLES S.BARON, OF TIFFIN, OHIO COLLAR mm CONNECTING CONTAINER (BODIES TO THEIRLIDS Application filed April 13,

My present invention relates to the subject matter of my application forUnited States Letters Patent, Serial Number 218,071, filed September 7,1927 and has for its object improvements in the flexible collar for theconnection of the lid to the container body described in saidapplication, whereby snugness of fit of the said connection isaugmented, and the-manipulation of the collar for the pur-.

poses of adjustment is facilitated.

What constitutes my present invention will be hereinafter described indetail, and succinctly defined in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings which illustrate my invention,

Figure I is a side elevation of a portion of the container body, itslid, and means of connection between the same as shown in my previousapplication with the variation of flexible collar embraced herein as asubstitute for part thereof. 7

Figure II is a top plan view, partly in sec-. tion, of the said flexiblecollar detached and in its preferred form of embodiment.

Figure III is a view similar to Figure II, showing a slight modificationof the collar locking device.

Figure IV is a similar view of a further modification of the lockingdevice.

Figure V is a vertical section on an enlarged scale of so much of thesubject matter of Figure I as is necessary to illustrate therelationship of collar and lid connection.

Figure VI is an outside elevation of the device taken at right angles tothe view shown in the preceding figure. j

Referring to the numerals on the drawings, 1 indicates the body of aglass or other container, which is provided with an integralmouth-defining ring 2.. The ring is provided with an outwardly extendingperipheral flange 3, defining between it and the body a neck comprisingan annular recess at, all the 7 parts above indicated beingsubstantially identical, in respect to form and function,

with the correspondin parts shown in myprevious application a oresaid.

Snuglyfitting within the recess 4 is a flexible resilient collar 5 whichembodies my pres ent invention. Said collar'is distinguished 192a Serialama from the collar shownin my'previous application by comprising withinitself a locking device foruniting its ends together in order to secureitin place within the recess 1. i

In that f'r'egard, a" bifurcated "fastening .88 member separate from thecollar is shown'in my prevlous application as a necessarypart' foruniting together *the'ends of the" collar body. By my present invention,the necessity for the separate fastening, member,as 06' such, iseliminated, but the member indicated herein by the numeral 8, in so faras i I Q i-Q stitutes a hingesupport for acon'ta'iner'ilid 9, isretained to constitute a hingecliph In the present instance, the member,8 need' 'not be bifurcated,although actu'al'eliminationof the presenceof the bifurcation is not neces- .sary. With the exception ofthe'bifurcation,

the form of the memberS and its means of forminga hinge connection withthe container lid're'mains unchanged; Specifically, the fulcrum plate,indicated herein by the numeral 10 and disposed preferably betweenknuckles 11 and12 as in'Ithe preceding appli cation, is retained for thepurpose of effecting the function'therein specified. The "collar5,'aforesaid, is, in the present invention, preferably provided nearoneend with 'a 'button' and near. the othe'rlend: r with aicomplementaryslot 16, of twotrans verse widths adapted, respectively, to re c-eivethe button 15 and, by hook engagement with the shank thereof, tofastenthe ends ofthe collar 5*together when the. collaris,

set in theannu'lar recess 4. 1

Thebutton and slotconnectionjust de scribed is at present freg'ardedQ-asthe pre{ ferred form of locking device for uniting the ends of thecollar together, but a slight modification of the locking device isillustrated in Figure III, wherein is shown inste'ad'of the'button 15, aheaded flat retaining piece 17 which is cut out of the metalof thecollar 5, and is bent outwardly to constitute a male retaining membercorresponding in function 9 to the button 15. It is adapted to take intoi I a complementary narrow transverse slit, l8, and to constitute, ineffect, a substitute for the button and slot connection above described.In Figure IV a modification of the of locking device, consisting of twointerenga-gring hooks 19 and 20, is shown. The three forms of lockingdevice illustratedare presented as examples only of a variety of formsof locking devices which might, if desired,

be employed for the purpose indicated.

' Besides a suitable,lockinghdevice, I prefer Ito provide'the' collar5.With a countersunk recess 21 fitted to and adapted to receive and holdthe hinge clip 8. Also, I prefer to pro vide the collar with acontractile .or tension device consisting, preferably, of a transverseexpansible loop 22 formed in the col- 1 .lar as by bendingthe resilientbody thereof.

The presence of said loop permits the elongation of thercollar in orderto facilitate its adjustment in assembling it with other membersf ponthecontainer. -The contractile effeet of-cthecollar 5 may bearrived atthrough the ,resiliency'alone of themetal of which i thecollar is made,or it may be accomplished by pinching, together thefsides ofthe loop- 22between-the jaws of a, pair of ordinary hand ipliersyyvhenthe collar 5is fitted in place in the recess 4 ofthe container body 1.lTliewoperation of ,my device will, it is :believedybeappar'ent toone'skilled in the art,

particularly in view of my previou app cah'erein'." a

Whatlfllfii i 7 tion, afioresai'd,;vvithont further description tainerconsisting ,of a resilient flexible tegral me tallic collar, meansdetachablyiconnecting thefends of the collar together, said collar beingnormallyllarger than the neck ofthjeicontainer soasto facilitate theinserr so.

i 1 testimony IWhere L I have herenntoset 7 tionof the neck of thecontainer into the collar and havinga-contractile loop formed thereinatO providefiompressible spaced -side portions adapted when compressedto insurethe positive engagement of the parts[ ,2. The combinatiQ lWitha container, a lid,

a clip connected to said lid, a fresil ient flexible collar normallylarger than the neck ofthecontainer so as to'facilitate the insertion ofthe neckof the container into. the

"collar and having an enlarged oft-set poron inga ng sa d .h ng filip orm int ining the lid in positiononsa'id container, said collar-halvingacontractile loop formed therein, to provide compressible spaced sideportionsadapted when compressed to, insure the positive engagementofgthe parts. a w

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